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...state-appointed Maurice Nadjari is investigating New York City's criminal justice system. Some legal experts and politicians have suggested that Nadjari's office, established for an open-ended term, be made permanent. They argue that time and money are wasted when a special office has to be set up to handle specific cases of corruption...
...appointed Maurice Nadjari, 48, superprosecutor. Tall, lean, tightlipped, Nadjari has spent some 18 years as a prosecutor. He was instrumental in the conviction of Murph the Surf and his two pals in the Star of India thefts from the American Museum of Natural History in 1964. As part of the search for the elusive gems, he even went scuba diving off Miami Beach. Later he successfully prosecuted Republican officials on Long Island for taking bribes in return for zoning changes. "If you went to central casting for a prosecutor," says a Rockefeller aide, "this is the man you would...
Financed by $4,000,000 in matching state and federal funds, the superprosecutor's office will assemble almost 200 lawyers and investigators during the next three months. As his first act in office, Nadjari invited the public to start giving him tips on possible corruption; already hundreds of phone calls have come in. "I find myself quite excited over the possibility of investigating my own arena," says Nadjari. "There are countless New Yorkers who have frankly...
...this time, Nadjari was beginning to get a little disgusted with Kuhn's failure to turn up the gems. Kuhn, moreover, seemed to be enjoying himself a little too much. When the cops had to hire a car, for example, Kuhn insisted on riding in nothing less than a red convertible, and that's what...
Gulped Note. Toward the end, Nadjari ceased to rely on Kuhn, had him locked for hours at a time in motel bathrooms or kept him in a room where Kuhn entertained himself watching the Mickey Mouse Club and Romper Room on television...